Tablo was founded early in 2013 by Australian Ash Davies at age 19.

Davies started the company after a challenging experience in publishing his own book.

[2] Following the launch of its online book creation and publishing application late in 2013, Tablo secured an additional $400,000 in funding from a number of Australian and American angel investors, including Catch Of The Day CEO Paul Reining and Y Combinator partner Kevin Hale.

Tablo relaunched as a social writing and reading community in July 2014.

[4] In April 2018 Tablo introduced paperback publishing and expanded its distribution network via a print on demand service.